Anna Maria Giannini
Biographic Data
| ID | 6531119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Maria Giannini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Giannini |
| SIGNATURE | GIANNINI A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0614-4457 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
When the game gets personal
Mood and cognition are crucial determinants of risk-taking behavior, yet their interaction remains incompletely understood. This study examined how incidental affective states influence risky decision-making by combining a novel multisensory Mood Induction Procedure (MIP) with an immersive virtual reality (VR) slot machine task. Participants (N = 58) were randomly assigned to positive, negative, or neutral mood conditions before engaging in a gam…
“E‐Motional Navigators”
Given the importance of social–emotional skills in fostering highly prosocial behaviors and the increasing frequency by which relationships are established and maintained in cyberspace, several studies have been conducted focusing on the role of social‐emotional skills developed in the online environment. However, the instruments developed to date have mainly considered “face‐to‐face” interactions, without considering the unique features of the v…
Exploring EMDR
These data suggest that endogenous visuospatial tasks, such as those employed in the Posner paradigm, may serve as viable alternatives to traditional eye movements in EMDR therapy. Furthermore, our findings indicate that the simultaneous presentation of stimuli may not be a crucial aspect of EMDR's effectiveness. This study contributes to the understanding of EMDR by highlighting the importance of attentional processes in memory processing and op…
Italian Validation of The Child-to-Parent Violence Questionnaire
Child-to-parent violence (CPV) is one of the most frequent but least researched types of family violence. Although CPV has traditionally been limited to the adolescent period, the increasingly later age of emancipation of children in Western countries justifies the need to study CPV in the young population, especially in countries where there are still no studies on this type of violence, such as Italy. Purpose To analyze the psychometric propert…
From verbal to physical violence
Stalking is a global spread phenomenon consisting in harassing, annoying, unwanted, and intrusive behaviors, often considered regular in courting. These behaviors are part of the broader range of gender-based violence. In accordance with the theory of ecological systems, this study aimed to investigate the presence of gender differences in the perception of the severity of stalking actions, considering the role of the type of violence perpetrated…
Gambling and virtual reality
Overall, this study provides evidence for a new VR tool to assess gambling behaviors and new insights into gambling-related behavioral and physiological factors. Implications for the treatment of problem gambling are discussed
Why collaboration reduces suggestibility
Previous research found that collaboration reduces the tendency to yield to misleading questions. Here, the aim was to determine whether this occurs because collaboration induces a conservative change in response criterion or because it promotes more efficient error-checking strategies. To this purpose, we compared the performance of collaborative and nominal triads in the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale. Critically, we recorded conversations dur…
A Medical-Legal and Psychological Systematic Review on Vitriolage Related to Gender-Based Violence
Attacks perpetrated using acid are a particular form of interpersonal violence, possibly one of the most heinous manifestations of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Acid attacks are mainly motivated by extramarital cheating, marital conflicts, women’s rejection of marriage proposals, and sexual advances. As these attacks are not well understood from a psychological perspective, we conducted a systematic review, following Preferred Reporting Items …
Missing Children in Italy from 2000 to 2020
The disappearance of children has become a public social issue that has captured the attention of many in the last two decades, especially because there is not a worldwide consensus on the definition of “missing child”. This research analyzed events of missing children from 2000 to 2020 in Italy; data were collected from the main national sources of information: the websites of two Italian press agencies (ANSA and Adnkronos) and the four main Ita…
Managing and preventing acts of violence against health workers
Purpose Violence against health-care workers represents a public health issue that affects individuals, organizations and may have legal consequences. In Italy, workplace violence (WPV) constitutes a “sentinel event”, defined as a particularly serious, potentially avoidable adverse event, which may result in death or serious harm to health-care workers, and which leads to a loss of public confidence in the health-care system. In 2007, the Italian…
How Do Adolescents Use Social Networks and What Are Their Potential Dangers? A Qualitative Study of Gender Differences
The rapid development of software applications and the increasing use of the Internet have raised many questions about the impact of this technology on the lives of adolescents, especially on "digital natives." The advent of social networks (SNs) restructures their relationships in various ways, affecting both adolescents' development and mental health. The present study aims to investigate uses and dangers of SNs according to a sample of 296 (16…
Did They Deserve It? Adolescents’ Perception of Online Harassment in a Real-Case Scenario
Online harassment, particularly cyberbullying and the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, is a widespread phenomenon among adolescents and young adults. Descriptive research was carried out to investigate any differences among Italian school classes in the perception of cybercrime through a real-case scenario. Following the Italian school system, the final sample of 1777 adolescents (Mage = 15.37, SD = 1.65; Male = 52%) was divided into th…
Climate Changes, Natural Resources Depletion, Covid-19 Pandemic, and Russian-Ukrainian War
Climate Change, Natural Resources Depletion, COVID-19, and Wars are some of the great challenges of our time. The consequences will affect psychological well-being and could have a harmful impact on mental health. This study aimed to assess the level of preoccupation and fears surrounding issues of the 21st-century and the implication for psychological well-being of the general population from Central/Southern Italy among different age groups. A …
The Fear of Covid-19
The findings suggest that COVID-19 had significant effects on healthy volunteers, especially in the female group. Although the previous literature did not report the crucial role played by the negative affect in the male sample, these results highlight the need to deepen how both genders use different emotional strategies to cope with stressful situations. This study may be useful in the development of specific psychological support and ad hoc tr…
Can Emotion Regulation Affect Aggressive Responses? A Study on the Ukrainian–Russian Conflict in a Non-Directly Exposed Sample
On 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the order to invade neighbouring Ukraine; a typical trend during the war is considering events in a one-sided way, emphasising the exclusive contribution of one opponent over the other for the outbreak of war. War may trigger the experience of emotions, such as anger, shame, and disgust. The present study reproduces previous studies on the influence of emotional regulation in support of aggres…
Young Drivers ‘on the Phone
Gender pay gap perception
Loss and beauty
Personality and Lockdown
The current study aimed at increasing our understanding of the psychological impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on undergraduate students, particularly with respect to the association between personality traits; defense mechanisms (DMs); depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms (DASSs); and compliance with the government recommended health measures. A sample of 1,427 Italian undergraduate students were administered the Personality Inventory for the …
Italian Validation of the Scale of Psychological Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence (Eapa-P)
Psychological and emotional forms of violence often represent a danger alarm and an important risk factor for other forms of intimate partner violence (IPV). Measuring psychological violence raises several issues of conceptualization and definition, which lead to the development of several assessment instruments; among them, the Scale of Psychological Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence (EAPA-P) showed good psychometric proprieties in a Spanish po…
Psychological Health Status of Psychiatric Patients Living in Treatment Communities before and during the Covid-19 Lockdown
Many studies investigated the psychological impact of lockdown measures on the general population, while few studies focused on the psychiatric population. This study aimed to investigate the role of therapeutic communities in the management and containment of symptoms of patients with psychosis living in psychiatric residential facilities. Data were collected at two different points: November 2019 (Coronavirus disease 19 had not yet spread) and …
Older Adolescents Who Did or Did Not Experience Covid-19 Symptoms
After a decrease in detected cases in the summer, Europe faced the emergence of a second wave of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). Few studies have investigated adolescents, who may constitute a target group with possible lower compliance to public health measures, particularly the social distancing measures. A total sample of 492 participants was included in the study, and the ages of the participants ranged from 18-24 years. According to the h…
When “Stay at Home” Can Be Dangerous
The global pandemic caused by a new strain of Coronavirus has brought the Italian government to adopt quarantine, isolation, and lockdown strategies as restrictive measures to reduce the virus spread. Being forced to stay at home could significantly increase the likelihood of episodes of home-based violence and could also be accompanied by a limited possibility of complaints or defense by the victim. The present study aimed to document, through t…
Is the Risk Behaviour Related to the Ordinary Driving Violations
Gender Differences in Solving Moral Dilemmas
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Gender Differences in Solving Moral Dilemmas
Gender pay gap perception
Loss and beauty
Personality and Lockdown
The current study aimed at increasing our understanding of the psychological impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on undergraduate students, particularly with respect to the association between personality traits; defense mechanisms (DMs); depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms (DASSs); and compliance with the government recommended health measures. A sample of 1,427 Italian undergraduate students were administered the Personality Inventory for the …
Italian Validation of the Scale of Psychological Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence (Eapa-P)
Psychological and emotional forms of violence often represent a danger alarm and an important risk factor for other forms of intimate partner violence (IPV). Measuring psychological violence raises several issues of conceptualization and definition, which lead to the development of several assessment instruments; among them, the Scale of Psychological Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence (EAPA-P) showed good psychometric proprieties in a Spanish po…
Psychological Health Status of Psychiatric Patients Living in Treatment Communities before and during the Covid-19 Lockdown
Many studies investigated the psychological impact of lockdown measures on the general population, while few studies focused on the psychiatric population. This study aimed to investigate the role of therapeutic communities in the management and containment of symptoms of patients with psychosis living in psychiatric residential facilities. Data were collected at two different points: November 2019 (Coronavirus disease 19 had not yet spread) and …
Older Adolescents Who Did or Did Not Experience Covid-19 Symptoms
After a decrease in detected cases in the summer, Europe faced the emergence of a second wave of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). Few studies have investigated adolescents, who may constitute a target group with possible lower compliance to public health measures, particularly the social distancing measures. A total sample of 492 participants was included in the study, and the ages of the participants ranged from 18-24 years. According to the h…
When “Stay at Home” Can Be Dangerous
The global pandemic caused by a new strain of Coronavirus has brought the Italian government to adopt quarantine, isolation, and lockdown strategies as restrictive measures to reduce the virus spread. Being forced to stay at home could significantly increase the likelihood of episodes of home-based violence and could also be accompanied by a limited possibility of complaints or defense by the victim. The present study aimed to document, through t…
Is the Risk Behaviour Related to the Ordinary Driving Violations
Missing Children in Italy from 2000 to 2020
The disappearance of children has become a public social issue that has captured the attention of many in the last two decades, especially because there is not a worldwide consensus on the definition of “missing child”. This research analyzed events of missing children from 2000 to 2020 in Italy; data were collected from the main national sources of information: the websites of two Italian press agencies (ANSA and Adnkronos) and the four main Ita…
Managing and preventing acts of violence against health workers
Purpose Violence against health-care workers represents a public health issue that affects individuals, organizations and may have legal consequences. In Italy, workplace violence (WPV) constitutes a “sentinel event”, defined as a particularly serious, potentially avoidable adverse event, which may result in death or serious harm to health-care workers, and which leads to a loss of public confidence in the health-care system. In 2007, the Italian…
How Do Adolescents Use Social Networks and What Are Their Potential Dangers? A Qualitative Study of Gender Differences
The rapid development of software applications and the increasing use of the Internet have raised many questions about the impact of this technology on the lives of adolescents, especially on "digital natives." The advent of social networks (SNs) restructures their relationships in various ways, affecting both adolescents' development and mental health. The present study aims to investigate uses and dangers of SNs according to a sample of 296 (16…
Did They Deserve It? Adolescents’ Perception of Online Harassment in a Real-Case Scenario
Online harassment, particularly cyberbullying and the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, is a widespread phenomenon among adolescents and young adults. Descriptive research was carried out to investigate any differences among Italian school classes in the perception of cybercrime through a real-case scenario. Following the Italian school system, the final sample of 1777 adolescents (Mage = 15.37, SD = 1.65; Male = 52%) was divided into th…
Climate Changes, Natural Resources Depletion, Covid-19 Pandemic, and Russian-Ukrainian War
Climate Change, Natural Resources Depletion, COVID-19, and Wars are some of the great challenges of our time. The consequences will affect psychological well-being and could have a harmful impact on mental health. This study aimed to assess the level of preoccupation and fears surrounding issues of the 21st-century and the implication for psychological well-being of the general population from Central/Southern Italy among different age groups. A …
The Fear of Covid-19
The findings suggest that COVID-19 had significant effects on healthy volunteers, especially in the female group. Although the previous literature did not report the crucial role played by the negative affect in the male sample, these results highlight the need to deepen how both genders use different emotional strategies to cope with stressful situations. This study may be useful in the development of specific psychological support and ad hoc tr…
Can Emotion Regulation Affect Aggressive Responses? A Study on the Ukrainian–Russian Conflict in a Non-Directly Exposed Sample
On 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the order to invade neighbouring Ukraine; a typical trend during the war is considering events in a one-sided way, emphasising the exclusive contribution of one opponent over the other for the outbreak of war. War may trigger the experience of emotions, such as anger, shame, and disgust. The present study reproduces previous studies on the influence of emotional regulation in support of aggres…
Young Drivers ‘on the Phone
Why collaboration reduces suggestibility
Previous research found that collaboration reduces the tendency to yield to misleading questions. Here, the aim was to determine whether this occurs because collaboration induces a conservative change in response criterion or because it promotes more efficient error-checking strategies. To this purpose, we compared the performance of collaborative and nominal triads in the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale. Critically, we recorded conversations dur…
A Medical-Legal and Psychological Systematic Review on Vitriolage Related to Gender-Based Violence
Attacks perpetrated using acid are a particular form of interpersonal violence, possibly one of the most heinous manifestations of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Acid attacks are mainly motivated by extramarital cheating, marital conflicts, women’s rejection of marriage proposals, and sexual advances. As these attacks are not well understood from a psychological perspective, we conducted a systematic review, following Preferred Reporting Items …
From verbal to physical violence
Stalking is a global spread phenomenon consisting in harassing, annoying, unwanted, and intrusive behaviors, often considered regular in courting. These behaviors are part of the broader range of gender-based violence. In accordance with the theory of ecological systems, this study aimed to investigate the presence of gender differences in the perception of the severity of stalking actions, considering the role of the type of violence perpetrated…
Gambling and virtual reality
Overall, this study provides evidence for a new VR tool to assess gambling behaviors and new insights into gambling-related behavioral and physiological factors. Implications for the treatment of problem gambling are discussed
“E‐Motional Navigators”
Given the importance of social–emotional skills in fostering highly prosocial behaviors and the increasing frequency by which relationships are established and maintained in cyberspace, several studies have been conducted focusing on the role of social‐emotional skills developed in the online environment. However, the instruments developed to date have mainly considered “face‐to‐face” interactions, without considering the unique features of the v…
Exploring EMDR
These data suggest that endogenous visuospatial tasks, such as those employed in the Posner paradigm, may serve as viable alternatives to traditional eye movements in EMDR therapy. Furthermore, our findings indicate that the simultaneous presentation of stimuli may not be a crucial aspect of EMDR's effectiveness. This study contributes to the understanding of EMDR by highlighting the importance of attentional processes in memory processing and op…
Italian Validation of The Child-to-Parent Violence Questionnaire
Child-to-parent violence (CPV) is one of the most frequent but least researched types of family violence. Although CPV has traditionally been limited to the adolescent period, the increasingly later age of emancipation of children in Western countries justifies the need to study CPV in the young population, especially in countries where there are still no studies on this type of violence, such as Italy. Purpose To analyze the psychometric propert…
When the game gets personal
Mood and cognition are crucial determinants of risk-taking behavior, yet their interaction remains incompletely understood. This study examined how incidental affective states influence risky decision-making by combining a novel multisensory Mood Induction Procedure (MIP) with an immersive virtual reality (VR) slot machine task. Participants (N = 58) were randomly assigned to positive, negative, or neutral mood conditions before engaging in a gam…
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